Morning VC Brief丨2024.10.30

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00. TL;DR

1/ Meeting&Email Copilot Read AI raises $50M Series B

2/ AI Solution for Investment Reflexivity raises $30M Series B

3/ Web Browser for AI Browserbase raises $21M Series A

4/ Financial Research Agent Brightwave raises $15M Series A

5/ Revenue-expanding Tool for Merchants Table22 raises $11M Series A

6/ Cyberpunk-Style Electric Scooter Infinite Machine raises $9M Seed

7/ Autonomous Financial Analyst Sapien raises $8.7M Seed

01. Venture News

1/ Meeting&Email Copilot Read AI raises $50M Series B

Read AI is the productivity AI platform of choice for consumers and enterprises using Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Hubspot, and Salesforce. This round was led by Smash Capital with participation from Madrona and Goodwater Capital. Link

2/ AI Solution for Investment Reflexivity raises $30M Series B

Reflexivity formerly Toggle AI is a leading provider of innovative artificial intelligence solutions for the investment industry. This round was led by Greycroft and Interactive Brokers with participation from General Catalyst, SoftBank LatAm, and more. Link

3/ Web Browser for AI Browserbase raises $21M Series A

Browserbase offers a reliable, high performance infrastructure platform to run, manage, and monitor headless browsers at scale. This round was led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins with participation from Okta Ventures, Strike Capital and more. Link

4/ Financial Research Agent Brightwave raises $15M Series A

Brightwave is an AI platform for financial services, delivering insightful financial research that enables finance professionals to make better decisions faster. This round was led by Decibel Partners with participation from OMERS Ventures, and more. Link

5/ Revenue-expanding Tool for Merchants Table22 raises $11M Series A

Table22 is a subscription based platform that helps restaurants build, manage, and grow offerings for fans and guests. This round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Forerunner, Footwork, and more. Link

6/ Cyberpunk-Style Electric Scooter Infinite Machine raises $9M Seed

Infinite Machine is pushing the boundaries on building futuristic urban transit with their first product P1s. This round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Adjacent, Necessary Ventures, and more. Link

7/ Autonomous Financial Analyst Sapien raises $8.7M Seed

Sapien is building autonomous coworkers for financial analysis at enterprises that are already turning error-prone, days-long processes into precise, insight-rich analysis in minutes. This round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Neo, and more. Link